Farm Update: Eggs

Its been far too long since I've updated about the chickens.   I am checking for eggs two or three times a day: the pre-dawn check never yields eggs but I am feeding anyways, the home-from-work check is most fruitful, and the evening check will occasionally have an egg. 

On average,  we receive three and a half eggs a day.  Once in a blue moon, we will have a five-egg day.  Since the eggs are slightly undersized, we do a good job of eating all of them.  Every once and a while we will send half a dozen or so to a neighbor or friend.

Our First Egg!

Here is the official first egg from our ladies!  It is just a little thing, but its a big deal to us.

While performing the morning chicken duties, I saw this little fella resting by the water bowl.  It is about two inches long and light brown with white speckles.  We aren't supposed to eat the first few eggs but we are going to save it for a while to show Mr J and anybody else who will listen.

It should be a busy day at the homestead so expect more posts!